Total Crime Rate
93.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Birdbrook Road area has the 77th highest crime rate of 180 local areas in Kingstanding , and the 1471st highest crime rate of 3,083 local areas in Birmingham .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Birdbrook Road (B44 8RT) in the last 12 months was 93.6 per 1,000 residents and was 18.3% lower than the Kingstanding average (114.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 375.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 64.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 400.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Birdbrook Road (B44 8RT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 48 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Old Oscott Lane (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Kingstanding| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Swinbrook Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Oscott Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Knebworth Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Birdbrook Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Birkenshaw Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Harbeck Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Birkenshaw Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Birkenshaw Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Birkenshaw Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Birkenshaw Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Harleston Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wideacre Drive | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Courtenay Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Harleston Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Ridgewood Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Birdbrook Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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